IRS audits at 15 year low


IRS audits at 15 year low.
By Taxpayer Foundation of Oregon,

For the sixth straight year IRS tax audits have been declining and have set a new 15 low in 2017 according to the Wall Street Journal. The year, 2010 was their peak, and since then they have lost a third of their enforcement staff.

As the above chart shows, the higher income have seen the biggest decline in percentage of returns audited.

Since 2010, IRS funding is down 8% while tax returns have grown 5%.

You can read more about the decline in IRS tax audits here.


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